Thomas Charles Hope ( 1766 - 1844 )

Birth: Edinburgh, Scotland (21 July 1766) Death: Edinburgh (13 June 1844) Research Field: Chemistry Education: MD (1787, Edinburgh) Career: Professor of Chemistry, Glasgow (1787); resigned upon appointment as Assistant Professor of Medicine, Glasgow (1789); Joint Professor of Chemistry, Edinburgh, with Joseph Black (1795); sole Professor of Chemistry upon Black's death (1799); discovered strontium (1791/2); resigned professorship (1843) Membership: Fellow Election Date: 31/05/1810.